Universal brine-tank support



Feb. 9 3 1926.

C.' C. SPREEN UNIVERSAL BRIN TANK SUPPORT Filed Dec. 17

, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Charles Spreazz f .12 vezztor Afforzzeys Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,851

c. c. SPREEN UNIVERSAL BRTNE TANK SUPPORT Filed Dec. 17 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 CZzfZes C. Spreezz Z [nu-en for J Patented-"Feb, 9, v1926.

, UNITED mgr-s PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. BPBEEN, OI DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY ASSIGNMENTS, TO KELVINATOB CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 01' MICHIGAN.

UNIYEBSAL BBINE-TANK SUP-PORT.

Application fled December 17, 1824. Serial No. 758,614.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES C SPREEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Universal Brine-Tank Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

In installing householdrefrigerating unlts in existing refrigerators it is found necessary to support the brine tank in the refrigerator in a large number of different ways and heretofore it has been customary to attempt to provide a different type of brine tank support for each different way in which it may be desired to support the tank from the refrigerator, Obviously this requires each dealer to carry on hand an enormous stock of supporting devices each t pe of which may be used-but seldom, and t erefore requires an enormous relatively idle stock which is both costly to store and difiicult to maintain complete. My invention provides means ada ted to be fabricated in a multiplicity of di erent ways to'provide supports of substantially every type likely to be desired. In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof I have shown, for purposes of illustration, one form which my invention may assume, and a support exemplifying the fabrication of the individual members. In these drawings:

Figures 1 through 3 are general views of the individual members of my supporting means.

Figure 4 is an enlarged view showing in a general way the manner in whichthese members may-coact, while Figures 5 and 6 are front and rear views of the illustrated way in which these memhere may be fabricated into a brine tank support.

The individual members herein shown comprise strips 11 each provided with a plurality of holes 12 and so formed that it may be cut oil at any desired length by tools wh1ch may be readil carried by the w rkmen to the place w ere the brine tank is bein installed, L-shaped members 13 each reen orced by side flanges 14 and provided with a plurality ofapertures 15 in-its short I arm 16 and an elongated aperture 17 in its long arm 18, and brine tank seat members 19 each comprising a base 20 carrying upstanding flanges 21 and 22 and provided with an aperture 23 arranged to receive a suitable securing. means.

The general manner in which these parts may coact is illustrated in Figure 4 wherein the short arm 16 of the L-shaped member 13 is secured to the refrigerator wall 24 by means of screws 25 assmg through two of the apertures 15, and the long arm lS of the L -sliaped member 13 is secured, to a seat member 19 engaging one corner of the brine tank 26, by means of a bolt 27, passing throughv the aperture 23 in the seat member 19 an the elongated slit 17 in the long arm 18 of the L-shaped member 13, and also passing through one of the apertures 12 and thus securing a strip 11 extending to the a means supporting an adjacentcorne'r of the brine tank 26. I

In Figures 5 and 6 I have shown a support wherein one corner of the brine tank is supported from one side of the brine tank chamber and steadied at the top from this same side of the brine tank chamber, wherein another corner'of the brine tank is su ported from both the top and bottom of t e brine tank chamber and steadied at the top by a brace extending over from the supporting strut, wherein a third corner of the brine tank is supported. from the side wall of the brine tank compartment and the top wall of the brine tank compartment, and wherein the fourth corner of the brine tank is supported from the bottom wall of the brine tank compartment and braced from the side wall of the brine tank compartment.

In more detail, the support of the left front corner of the brine. tank (at the left in Figure 5) comprises a pair of L-shaped members 13 and 13 having their short arms 16 and 16 secured; to the brine tank side wall 29 by. means of screws 25 and their long arms 18v and 18 secured back to back by means of a bolt 28 which also connects these long arms 18 and 18" through strips per end by means of bolts 28 to the long arm 18 of an L-shaped member 13 the short arm 16 of which is secured, by means of a bolt 28, to a seat 19 engaging the adjacent corner of the brine tank 26, to strips 11 and 11 and to the long arms 18 and 18 of a pair of L-shaped members 13 and 13 arranged with their long arms 18 and 18 lying back to back and with their short arms 16 and 16 secured to the brine tank chamber side wall 29 by means 'of screws 25*.

The support for the right front corner of the brine tank (at the right in Fig tire 5) com rises an L-shaped member 13' aving its short arm 16 secured by means of screws 25 to the bottom wall 30 of the brine tank compartment and its long arm 18 secured by means of bolts 28 to the short arms 16 and 16 of a pair of L-shaped members 13 and 13 which have their long arms 18 and 18 secured together back to back through the stri s 11 and 11" by means of bolts 28 one 0 which also secures to the support a seat 19 engaging the adjacent corner of the brine tank 26. The bolts 28 also secure to the long arm 18? of the L-shaped member 13 and the short arms 16 and 16 of the L-sha ed members 13 and 13" the lower end 0 a strip 11 the upper end of which is secured by means of bolts 28 to the long arm 18 of an L-shaped member 13 the short arm 16 of which is se ured by means of a long bolt 31 to the top wall 32 of the brine tank chamber. Secured to the strip 11 intermediate its ends and by means The right rear corner of the brine tank (at the left in Figure 6) is supported by a pair of L-shaped members 13 and 13 having their short arms 16 and 16 secured by means of screws 25 to the brine tank chamber side wall 33 and their long arms 18 and 18 secured back to back by means of bolts 28 to strips 11 and 11, a seat 19 engaging the adj acent corner of the brine tank 26, and

the long arm 18 of an L-shap'ed member 13 the short arm 16 of which is secured by means of a bolt 28 to the lower end of a strip 11, the intermediate portion of which is secured by means of bolts 28 to the long arm 18 of an L-shaped member 13 the short arm 16 of which is secured by means of a bolt 28 to strips 11 11 and to a seat 19 engaging the adjacent corner of the brine tank 26, while the upper end of the strip 11 is secured by means of bolts 28 to the long arm 18" of an L-shaped member 13" the short arm 16 of which is secured by means of screws 25 to the top wall 32 of the brine tank chamber.

The support for the left rear corner of the brine tank (at the right in Figure 6) comprises an L-shaped member 13 having its short arm 16 secured by means of screws 25 to the bottom wall 30 of the brine tank chamber and its long arm 18' secured by means of bolts 28 through a strip 11 to the short arm 16 of an L-shaped member 13 the long arm 18 of which is secured by means of bolts 28" to the strips 11 and 11 and to a seat 19 engaging the adjacent corner of the brine tank 26. The upper end of the strip 11 is secured by means of bolts 28 to the long arm 18 of .an L-shaped member 13 the short arm 16 of which is secured by means of a bolt 28 to a seat 19 engaging the adjacent corner of the brine tank 26, the adjacent ends of the strips 11 and 11, and the long arms 18 and 18 of a air of L-shaped members 13 and 13 the s ort arms 16 and 16 of which are secured by means of screws 25 to the side wall 29 oi the brine tank chamber.

The strips 11, 11, 11, and 11, and the strips 11, 11 11 and 11, obviously form frames at the bottom and top of the brine tank, respectively, effective to prevent displacements of the seats 19, while the strips 11 and 11 also serve to support, by means of bolts 34, a shield 35, arranged to prevent fluid dripping through the aperture 36 in the brine compartment bottom wall 30.

It will be apparent tothose skilled in the'art that the support herein illustrated is formed from the three parts above described and completely supports the brine tank from the brine chamber. It will also be apparent that many of the parts in this support may be omitted to form other sup ports which will also support the brine tank satisfactorily if not so completely, and at the same time that additional parts may be added to even more completely support the tank. It will also be apparent that the supporting parts may be combined in very many ways, other than that therein shown and in general it will'be obvious to those skilled in the art that a plurality of the three parts herein disclosed may be combined to support a brine tank in substantially any manner in which anyone :na desire the tank to be supported. It will t erefore be obvious to those skilled in the art that my invention does provide a simple group of members adapted to be combined to form substantially any type of brine tank support which may be desired under any circumstances, and therefore prevents and eliminates the necessity of maintaining on hand the large variety of supports and supporting material now customarily stocked. It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments .of my invention herein shown comprise advantages other than those which I have specifically pointed out and also that the embodiments of my invention herein shown may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit oi my invention or sacrificing the advantages thereof. It will therefore be understood that this disclosure is illustrative only and that my invention is not limited thereto.

I claim:

Means, for supporting a brine tank from the interior of a refrigerator, comprising a plurality of seat members disposed about and engaging the edges of said tank, a

plurality of L-shaped members each having one arm connected to one of said seat members and the other arm connected to a supporting member, a plurality of adjustable strip members, comprising such supporting members, and connecting said seat members and said L-sha ed members into a complete support for said tank, and means securing together said seat members and L- shaped members and strip members into such complete support.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

CHARLES CV'SPREEN. 

